Vehicle screen



Nov. 19, 1929. G. s. YERBY ET'AL VEHICLE SCREEN 2 Sheets-Sheet, 1

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zg IINVENTOR$ f ATTORNEY Patented Nova id, 1929 I UNITED STATES PATENT or-Fics GORDON s. YERBY AND JOHN E. HEWITT, E ron'rmnn, onEeoN VEHICLE SCREEN l 7 Application filed January 28, 1929. Serial No. 385,650.

The object of this, our present invention, similar to Figure 2 but showin the mannefl is the provision of a screen for the window 1n which the frame is flexed as when the or door openings for closed types of autosame is to be arrangedin the glass or sash l I mobiles designed to filter the air entering frame or removed therefrom.

the machine and prevent the passage of bugs As is well known the sash or glass openings or like insects as 'well as dust and dirt thereof automobile doors as well as the other through. openings in closed types of automobiles fre- A further and important object is the conquently have one of their ends of a greater struction of a screen for this purpose in hei ht than the other. Our improvement is which the frame is of strong but flexible designed to fit in the grooved frames for 60) material so that the same must be flexed when such openings regardless oi the variation 0t being inserted in the door or window casing, the sizes and shapes thereof. and which when expanded will retain the In carrying out our invention we employ same practically in self-sustaining position, a frame of comparatively thin spring steel although we provde yiel'dable means for or like flexible metal. The frame includes assisting in so holding the frame positioned. an upper substantially U-shaped portion 1. A still further object is the provision of The frame member 1 is, of course, shaped to a screen for this purpose which is of a size correspond with the groove 2 of the door so that the same will not fully cover the or other part of the automobile in which the 50 door or window opening and whereby, when slidable glass or panel 3 slides. The sash or 7% the lass is fully opened a suficient space panel is movable in a grooved compressible will e left for the passage of the hand of member 4 arranged in the frame therefor the operator or occupants of the machine to so that the same is prevented from breakage signal trailic as to the direction to be taken when either in open or closed position. The

:5 by the machine. lower member of the screen frame is indicated To the attainment of the foregoing the by'the numeral 5 and is in the nature of a invention consists in the improvement herestraight element but is oi" course, substaninaiter described and definitely claimed. tially ill-shaped in cross section which, of in the drawings: course is true with respect to the frame 30 Figure l is a front elevation illustrating member 1. The edges of both of the frame so the application of our in) rovement. sections 1 and 5 are slightly flared away from Figure 2 is sectional VlG'W approximately each other so that the screen 6 which'is let on the line Q2 of Figure l. in the cross sectionally Ell-shaped frame mem- Figure 3 is a detail view looking toward hers is not contacted by the edges of thesaid 35 one of the lower corners of the screen. frame. The screen mesh is retained in the Figure 4 is a sectional view approximately frame sections by suitable bolts or rivets 7. on the line sl-4i of Figure 1. To add to the flexibility of the frame the Figure 5isasubstantially similar sectional vertical stiles of the section 1 have one of view but illustrating a modified form of the their flanges notched, as at 6, for a consider- 40 spacer and closure element between the glass able distance and its inner side cutaway beso pane and the screen frame. low the shoulder 7' provided at the termi- Figure 6 is a plan view of the frame illusnal of the notch. This leaves one of the trating by the dotted lines the position of sides projecting at-considerable distance bethe upper and lower members prior to the low the cutaway portion and this projecting insertion oi? the screen therein. portion is indicated for distinction by the Figure 7 is a perspective view showing numeral 8. The end of the'portion 8 is, of the manner in which the lower corners of course, slightly rounded. The other frame-:1; the tramp are connected, the elements being member has its ends cut and notched in a 4.; m d, similar manner, but reverselyto that of-the 59 Figure 8 is a sectional view approximately first mentioned frame member, The shoul- 10o den; 7 and 9 of the notched and cut-away portions are designed to contact witheach other, but these lower corners of the frame are not riveted orotherwise connected.

The u per and lower bars of the frame initially ow away from each other before the screen 6 is inserted therebetween and the insertion of the screen and the riveting thereof will hold the said upper and lower members in parallelism.

- It is necessary to bow the frame before the same is inserted in the channeled frame for the sash or glass 3 as disclosed by Fi ure 8 of the drawings. When pressure is re ieved from the frame the same will expand and the edges-thereof will frictionally contact with the inner walls provided by the grooves in the frame for the sash or glass 3. Thus the screen frame to a great extent is self-sustaining but in order to hold the same positively in the sash frame we hingedly secure to the lower bar of the screen frame adjacent to the corners thereof the-ends of arched or curyed spring members 10, the second or free ends of which being ofl'set angularly, as at ll.

These angle portions contact with the lower wall of the sash frame and effectively hold the 1 screen positioned regardless of the irregularities of the sash frame, as disclosed by Figure 1 of the drawings.

The inner flange of the lower member 5 of the screen frame may have a flanged extension 12 as disclosed by Figure 4 of the drawings to be received in a longitudinal groove in the widened inner portion 13 of a rubber or like compressible strip 14 which is designed to contact with the inner face of the glass 3, when the said glass is not fully lowered. The element 14 will prevent the passage of dust, insects or the like through the paslsage between the screen frame'and the sas a If desired the element 14 may be modified, as disclosed by Figure 5 of the drawings so that-the same has an outer widened portion 15 which is grooved longitudinally to receive therein the lower rounded edge of the screen frame" and the inner side of this element is formed with a right angle extension 16 to contact with the lass.-

The simplicity and a vantages of our improvement will, it is thought, be understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art when the foregoing description has been read in connection with the accompanying drawings. It will be noted that we have produced a screen for the'openings or sashes in either the doors or windows of an automobile that may be readily inserted and as easily detached. The screen will be'efiectively sustained in the opening regardless of the shocks and jars to which the automobile is subjected. The mesh of the screenis sufl'iciently fine to prevent the passa e of dust, dirt or insects therethrough but oes not prevent the passage of outside air into the machine nor does the screen materially interfere with the vision of the driver.

By. fully lowering the sash the driver as above inferred may pass his hand through the glass or sash frame below the screen and thereby indicate to traffic the direction which the machine is to pursue. It will likewise be noted that theconstruction is simple and that the device may be cheaply manufactured and commercialized. V

Having described the invention, we claim:

1. A screen for the glass or sash openings of the closed type of automobiles having a flexible frame designed to be bowed toprflexible frame designed to be bowed topermit of the same being'inserted in the glass frame and thereafter expanded to frictionaly engage with such frame and swingable substantially U-shaped spring members on the lower edge of the frame for contacting with the lower walls of the sash frame, and removable rubber strips carried by the lower bar of the screen frame for contacting the I glass or sash and to stop the opening between the said glass or sash and the screen frame.

3. A screen for the glass or sash frames of closed automobiles which is of a height less than'that of the said frame, said screen comprising a frame that includes an upper substantially U-shaped member which is U- shaped in cross section and which has its edges slightly flared outwardly anda lower cross sectionally U-shaped member which also has its edges slightly flared outwardly, said frame designed to receive and to have riveted therein a closely woven mesh and-the upper and lower members of the frame adapted to be arched away from each other prior to the insertion of the mesh therebetween and the corners of the sides and lower member of the frame being cut-away and notched for interengagement with each other, said frame designed to be arched longitudinally when inserted in the window frame, curved springs hingedly connected to the lower bar of the screen frame when contacting with the lower wall of the sash frame, and said spring members having their free ends offset laterally.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures.

GORDON S. YERBY. 1 JOHN F. HEWITT. 

